The Sun. — London, England, 1810-08-29 00:00:00

~~• ~-_ NAVAL NEWS. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Aug 28, tSto. didMiraity-;offiCe, August 28, 1810. vi ce - Admiral Sir Edmund Nagle, Commander I )a e,b ef Of his Majesty's Ships and vessels at Leith, t ransmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a let strfrorn Lieutenant John. Nugent, commanding the r en o nus gun -br • g , dated at sea, the Mb. instant, 7?hich the following is ,an extra& . th ! . Ikke leav e t o a c q u a i n t y o u, that at ten A. M. l ea ls daY, the Naze bearing East eight or nine number a convoy of the enemy's coasters', (ten' in di- ') consisting of schooners and 'sloops, were at s e.overed steering to the eastward between Fog oleign and }ltem, under protection of a three inasted schoon e r a n d another armed vessel ; not an Bt atit was 1 0 . 4 in u s ing every possible exertion to oh t them off, particularly the three-masted schooner, "en unf or t unate ly falling light winds, by the as b cal ance of her sweeps, she escaped into Hiteroe ; v , s ut succetded in turning the wh9le of the con• b "Y> driving t),l!rn on the rocks, and with the boats ze r t ?"ght off two, notwithstanding their being pro /I'le° by the troops on shore, whose discharges of cusketry were unavailing ; and I inclose a list of s els captured and driven on shore. E: i l lree Brothers sloop, of 50 coos, laden with 1, tallow, tobacco, Are. . 'P 'voßrothers sl)o 6o tons, laden with ditto, p, 'r ; schooners and four sloops, (names un -10 ` 4 O, same cargoes; driven on the rocks. PlArztotrrts, AUG. 27.—Arrived the Margaret, Of t his port, Captain RICHARDS, from GUadAIOUPe, 14 S id aYs passage, from whence site was blown out in alleavysale of.wind, with the loss of two anchors " Cables ; she has a cargo for London, and also a ! I 'll!, and satled last night for the river. On Satur day last she was boarded by his Majesty's ship Fa-: bw4r ite, of 18 guns, Captain CLEMENT and just I f : ter saw a French cutter privateer engag ng an :glish homewaid-bound Vv'est—lndiaman. The Favourite made sail immediately after the privateer, 4 " 0 6 ending she, was pursued, hauled her wind ` ln d sheered off, but being a food sailer; it was not ex Peaed the Favourite would, come up with her.-- ll e West Indiaman stood up Channel. The Mar, buret, passed through an immense shoal of Pilchards the Bray of Biscay. .iirrived hi s M a j est y' s b r i gs Ly ra an d C on fliel, i . e r°lll Basque R o ads ; the Speedwell, DAVIS, from last from Falmouth, with a cargo of provi :°rls for this p or t ; th e 41lfred, FARROW, and Lida, ° ""os , from Sunderland ; the Diligence, KITTO ; t rld Itilliam and Esther, WILLIAMS, from Wales; 4 Pr ussian vessel from Nantz, detained by his .M.l - brig Saline ; the French Chasse Nlar6es, La 16 Qrie, and Mary Anne, with cdrgoes of wine and prizes to his Majesty's brig Lyra. Sailed the Reindeer, SULGER, .for London. . Arrived a gun-brig from the West Indies; and lisi mp Of war, from a criai , •e; the Flora, LAvts,and ' Bl "C%er, BRABYN, from London; the Edward did Mary, ARTHUR ; and Sally aid kYaEs, from P oarSmourx, AUG. 28.—Came in this day his Majesty's ship Bedford, of 74 tins, Capt. WALKER, f or Rio de Janeiro. ' Sailed hii M.ijesty's . ship Hamathyad, with one transport for Halifax. Artived the Freya, of 3 . 5 . guns, (ram the West I ndies ; and his M ,jesty's ship Merchry for Lisbon. -Arrived yesterday the Kimble, LOTUS, from the D owns for Oporto. Went out of harbour the ship Cumberland, —, f or Quebec. Arrived thus day the George, Hubbard; Mary, Reynolds 'Taylor; Venus, Harrison; Mary, Scott, from 4'undecland ; and the Brothers, Walker, from. Guernsey ; 44(fSpeedy, A ldrtd,,e, from London. YARMOUTH, AuG. 28.—Arrived the iinne Maria, l ent in'by . the Vanguard wan of war;' le na Rebecca, sent in by the Ems gun-brig. ' SHEERNESS, Auo. 28.—S4iied his Majesty's ship 4l exandria, and his. Majesty's brig Vixen and-the 4 aker schooner. • Arrived his Majesty's brt Attack. FALMOUTH, AUG. 2d.—Sailed the Lady Arabella 14 _ cket with a mail for the Mediterpnean; and the Vrincess Amelia packet for the Brazils. 'gtGEr o'CLocit, P.M.—The Lord Hobart packet, 1 3 t. HAMILTON, from Cadiz, and a Danish ship name ut,known) are now working into the harbour: T he Lord Hobart packet has been long expected. The Prince of Brcrzils packet, Capt: fircxs has 4 trived off Kingsbridge from RiO Janeiro, arid landed ll 'bag of laters. DEAL, AUG. 28.—Arti%ed the Phoenix, and the krriet, from Jamaica ; and the Mary, BIELBY, fl. " 1 St. Domingo. Retnain in.the DoWns his Majesty's ships as per -Tuesday morning sever:4l (if ihe French prisoners ; I n boa': d the Eitrope v ri.on ship, in.Hamoaze, at -lellP!ed to make :heir escape, but were prevented ~, a 4neiy Marra bring given. "'ROM THE FRENCH PdPERS. PARIS, Au 4. LETTER. FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE MIME OF ESSLING. TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OP IsIIthFcHATEL, MAJOR-GENERAL. " Sia—All the accounts which I have received announced that the English arrny were making a re— trograde frvivement ; a reconnoitring was ordered and exeetved on the 41St. Marshal the . 11nke of Elehingtlt direCted General Loisnu to .assemble at Gallegossooo men of his div,sion, the light cavalry under the orders of General Treilhard, and a few -pieces of light artillery ; and ordered him to march at two o'clock in the morning In the diredion of Fort Conception, by way of Villa del Puerto, Castillego, and the Casas. The General, at the latter point, fell in with the enemy, who fled at hiS approach., The English cavalry, however, seemed disposO4 to defend the high plain on which Fort CooceptiOn stands. Ge , eral Treilhard charged, and drove them before' him in. so spirited a manner that the enemy were compelled precipitately to abandon the tot - without having time to fire'all the mines whio they had formed to blow up the works. Three of the chambers remain entire, but those which were set fire to hate destroyed' the horn-work and several half-moons. " Master of the high plain of La Conception, Ge;. nertl Loison had, in the next place, to ascertain the position of the enemy's army. He (lireeted General Treilbard to turn the village of Val de la Mak at the sime time that he tna.ie General Simon attack it in front. General Treilhird,, by his movement, dislodged the enemy's inlantry andcavalry posted on the lett bit.k of the Turone.z, and compelled 600 horse, phi ed on the 'road to Almeida, to retreat. The enemy, in hii retreat, abandoned some sharp shooters to us, who were ( ut down w ith our sabres, and he fell back upon the glacr; Ot. that toriress.• He then returned-withtwo t» talions of . infantry, 3 pieces of cannon, and about 1800 horse; and drew up on the lett of the Ravine which separates Val de la Mula from Almeida ; but the three regiments of light ca valry under the , oideri of General Tteilhard marchel against him with an assurance which speedily de cided his retreat. . " .The left bank of the Ravine was immediately occupied, without pushing on too far, in_ order ma unnecessarily to attraa the .fire of the [Axe, within gun-,hot of which we were, and under which the enemy .need desirous of thawing Ll4.' In conse. quenco at this rtlrograde movement of the English, the right was at La Guardi, and their left extended towards Pmbel.' " I caused Almeida to be invested. The gteakr part of the troops of the 6th corps were assembled will this view st .Fort de la Conception, and de bouched from Val de la Mula on the 24th, at six in the morning. The brrgade of light cavalry, com posed of the 3d regiment of, hussars,-and the )sth chasseurs, under the orders of General Lamotte, and preceded by a battalion' of besieging chasseurs, open ed the march. It was follo'wed. by the 15th- and 25th dragoons, commanded by General - Gardanne. General Alontbrun direaed- the movewent of this body, of cavalry. The division of infantry, under General Loi son, formed in two columns. It was supported by the division of Met met, the head of which marched the'ioth dragoons, and by three regtutents of infantry of Marchand'. di ,Marshol the Duke of Elchingen, in person, d:rected • all the movernei,ts. • " • he • advanced guar lof the Engli s h, army, com manded by I,ieutenant-Central Crauturd, consisted of 2000 cavalry and 800 a infantry, occupying the position to the right of Almeida. His light in 'antry and .eteral squadrons of hussars, formed the posts in •.drance, and on the tioks of that fortress. 'Die attack on the part of our troops was vigorous, and 'made in the hest older. The enemy defmded the ground, and kept up a brisk fire • of muiquetry and field-pieces, but they were successively driven from their - ; ,o4s at the charge, and without the ka , t hestia'i , at: General Cranford ) , after placing all his division under thq guns of the place, thought that we would take up a position without daring'to attack him itt so formidable a post. He aas pro tecie•t.by a reserve on the ilici2hts of the left hank of the Coa, but lour columns marched dire& for the enemy, and closed with them with the greatest intrepidity, without returning their fire. That of the fortress, though badly enough direCted, became ex tremely brisk at this moment. The 3d hussars, supported by the rest of the cavalry; charged the Eyglish infantry at the gallop, and sabred a great number °Villein. The ground, however, was so difficult, thatit was impossible for the rest of our cavalry - to take part in this fine charge. The ene my's cavalry uniformly declined to meet ours at the sabre, and after rallying under the ramparts of the place, hastened to repass the Coa. In the mean time, the brigade of - General Ferey,having already out-flanked the right of the enemy, Seas on- the 'paint of cutting off his retreat, or cotepelling him to throw himself into Almeida, 'when the English General felt the-necessity of fall ing back, Winch he could only effeCt in great dis order ;. for our battalions pursued them at a nl ning sty p, to such a distance as to enable the columns appointed to invest Almeida to execute that opera tion without any difficillty. ' " The troops of his Majesty gave a fresh proof upon this occasion, that there is no position which can resist their intrepidity, All of them perreCtly performed their duty. " The English sustained a considerable loss in this action, Their estafette-man, or chief courier, has been taken with all his dispatches ; several of which, dated the 25th and 10th, represent the. English army as in full route ; that it is impossible to form an idea of its deplorable condition ; that the English never , were engaged in so brisk an affair ; and, in short, that they had lost Go officers, -24 ,of whom havebeenAnterred in the field of battle; 400 rank and file killed ;' and 700 wounded. Among the, slain were the Colonel of - the 43d, that of the 6th dragoons, and Major Brown, of the 52d. We have taken fi - Om them one stand of colours, 400 men, and,t .vo pieces of cannon ;• our loss amounted to nearly 300 killed and wounded. " On the 25th, Marshal the Duke of Elchingen regulated the investment Of Almeida, so as to ren- der it torn*te. We caused Valverde.to‘ be OCClf= pied, and the Engli•h _rosq!ci 'on the heights in from of Pereiro, to be dislodged : On the 26th be Sent a detachment in the direction of Pinhel, which 'it reached after a march of three hours by difficult roads. The English lad withdrawn from it at two in the morning. It appears that they are concen tralingat Celerco. ' " The fortress of Almeida is defended .by four Portuguese regiments. It is well previded ' with stores and heavy artillery, andlias two Governors, one of them an Englishman. ' The garrison made mosorties on the 26th. One, con s isting o f tt 0 infantry and 60 horse, which sallied upon the di vision of Lotson, was destined to d, stroy the houses which are within 20Q toises of the place , ; the ob jecl of• the other; consisting of 300 men, and 40 horse, which direded itself upon the right of Gen. Marchand,'was to carry 'oft a few sheaves of wheat lying near the subUrb; but both were repulsed, so as the frustrate the designs of the enemy, In the first they lost about 40 men, who wire shot with our pieces touching their breasts. We lost only ,two men of the Legion of the South. But the gar rison tried a third sortie to carry of -tire same sheaves of wheat : it did not succeed better than 'the preceding attempts.- We took from them otie piece of cannon, and killed a few of their men. The objed , of all these sorties seems to indicate that it is not so well supplied with provisions as with artillery. I have he honour to be; with respeaful regard, your Highness's most humble and obodi , 'ni .Servant, • " Marshal the PRINCE . of SSLING," • " Commander in .Chief of ihe Army of PQrtugal, MASSENA." " Salamanca, July 29, i 8 1 0." RodEN, Abp. 16.—As it is probable'that.the late Decrees bf his Majesty., concerning the importation of manul•adtures and colonial produce, will occasion the arrival of considerable quantities of these artt r•les in the port of Rouen, and afford the merchants an opportunity of erij.)ying the advantages of tl,e.fo reign depot there established, the Diredtor of the CustomS in_ that city thinks it necessary to remind the merchants of the conditions on which this depot was granted by Government, and lb apprise them that he will allow no foreign articles' to be lodged 'in the depot, unless the forms required by the third article of the Decree to the 3d Pluviose, year . tI, shall be observed: Mutocu, Auo. B.—The Commissioners for car rying into execution the 3d ani(Je of the I reaty, re si..eatmg the cession of a considerable pal of !Le Tyrol to the kingdom of. Italy, assembled at Bol z:”Io on the-7th of June, whett.they fixed the line • of demarkation. The provinces ceded by Bavaria contain a population of between 280,000 and 300,000 souls. RIGA, JULY 20.—Her Majesty the reigning Eat pre,s .ii rived here the day before yesterday.. The populace took the .horses from her carriage, and drew her to the palace. with repeated hurrahs. She 'honoured with her presence,. in the eveiting, a ball given by the Nobility. She set off, at noon to-day for,Mitiau, frcra whence she will proceed to Pleb-- nen, for the adv,in:age of sea-b-ithing.• , • AUG. 19.--On the &Ali July, the King .of Swedan addressed a letter to he -Diet , requiring them to form a Seciet Committee, to which he 'would impart his intentions relative to a successor to the throne. GEN F. 11,4.4 ORDERS.- Horse-Guards, Zug. 20, 1810. At a General Coutt Manial held at Lishort on the Igth June, 1810, and continued by adjournments to the 21 of the same month, Lieut.Thos. Dunkin, of the 4th Dragoons, was araiined upon under mentioned chargeF, viz. Ist. For scandalous and infamehis conduct, unbecoming tile character of an Officer and a Gentleman, while in conimaild or a detachment of the 4th Dragoons, in the AnJercon transport, on the passage from Portsmouth to Lisbon, by making use of highly-improper language to, and striking Hospital-Mate Daniel Nlaginn, an Officer under his command, on or about the 7th March, into ; and also in fighting with, and waking use of improper language to, the sant Hospital-Mate on the deck of the Anacreon transport, on or about 114: 21st of March last. 2d. For making use of highly improper language to, and fighting with Hospital-Dilate d ames wlelouy, an Wficer ukoer his command,'on the deck , of the Anacreon transport, on or about the 19th March, 'Sta. Upon which charges the Court came to the fol lowing decision • The Court having maturely and deliberatelir weigh ed and considered the evidence adduced in support of the prosecution against the prisoner Lieutenant Thomas Dunkin, of the 4th Dragoons, together with what he alleged, in his defence, and the evidence . thereon, was of opinion, that he was guilty of the first part of the ,Ist charge preferred against hitu, in as fa - as making use of highly improper language to, and . striking Hospital-Mate Magian, an officer utt der his command, being in brvach of the Articles of War, and by virtue thereof sentenced him, the pri soner, Lieut. Thomas Dunkin, to le suspended from rank and pay fir the space of Six Calendar iVlonths ; but The Court, in consideration of the grossly insult ing language made use of by Hospital-Mate Magian to the prisoner, acquittei him of scandalous and in famous conduct, unbecoming the character of an Of ficer and a Gentleman. , • The Court was 61 opinion, that the pisoner was not guilty of the second'pan of the Ist charge pre ferred against him, viz.—ln fighting with, and mak ing use of - improper language to the said Hospital- Mate Magian, on the deck of the Anacreon trans= port,. on or about the 21st March last, and acquit ted him thereof. •: . The Court was ftirther of opinion, that the pri soner, Lieut. Dunkin, was not vitity of the 2ci charge, and there ore acquitted him of the same. • His MAJESTY has been pleased to confirm and approve the sentence of the Court; but in consi dermion of•all the circumstances of the vrisoner', conduit as they appear upon the face of the pin ceed t 1,2 his MAJESTY has been pleas d command that it shall be intimated to Lieut. Duhkm, that his MAJESTY has no further occasionfir-his services. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ECHAM RACES. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2S. The Gold Cup of root's. for a►► ages. One four rr,ile heat. Ld Egrtmont's Eledion, 6 yrs old - walked over. The Surrey Stakes of logs. each; h. ft. for colts, to carry bst . ..7lb. ; fillies, 3111, ; tor 2-yr (;:ds Waled in the County; the of the New Mile. Mr. Durand's sinter to Tristiarn Mr. Ladbrokes c. by T unipator - • - - 2 I-I. R. tf. the bake of V otk's f. Young Whiskey- - 3 Two tot agsj the winner, and G to 4 on Trumpator. The Noblemen anti Gentlemen's Plate of 50 . 1.fi,r all ages. Mr Sadler's Rumbo, aged, 9,t. 61b. - Mt..Ladbroke's hr. mi. Tritlibwq), 5 yrs old, Bst. 131 b. 2 .2 Any odds on the winner. The winner the favourite.' . Captain VVynifliam's gr. g. beat Mr. Lawto.►'6 gr. g. lost. each. The N ew Mile, for sogs. The Course was well attendad, but the sports were indif. ferent. HUME CIRCUIT. SUSSEX ASSJZLS. CIVIL SIDE. LEWES,. AUG. 27.—The Loon CEITEP BARON went. into Court at eight o'clock this trocninq, but on the remaining causes being called on, ti e wit nesses who had lett the toWn, 0.1 Saturda . y Were iu general not returned; the conseque'nce th;t the pitusei were struck out of the:p,tref, two Sktial Jury cases only were tried, • whicla uished the busiiieas or: ibis plate. - . SMITH U. ASi'RIDGR.• This .was an at tion (.f troyer, to recover the value of two tree s . The question in dispute was, wi.e ther the trees had gro-tin on the soil of the who was . proprietor of a farm called L9wer' Oke burst, in the parish of Lox wood ; or whether -the place was a part of the waste of the Defendant's gtanot ? For the Plaintiff, a number of old witnesses were .Called, who proved, ,that for sixty years Nast the ,proprietors of OKkehurst farm had exclusi , ely used the lane wh:.'re the. trees Drew, and that they had constantly clo luded the cattle of all other persoas as trespasse s. The Leap ned Jtidge stopped the Plaintiff, and. called upon Mr. GAnaow, as Counsel tin- the LY:fendanr, to stile what answer he %4 as about to give to this evicknce. Mr.GAßtow observed, the weither was very hot, and he ‘v:otild' not now detash leis L He would give the Ans . wer at the next Spring ASSiZiI. Verdict for the Plaintiff. THE KING V. THE INHABITANTS or KENT, This Was an inclii,iinent against ihe inhabitants of Kent, for not repairing a bridge which had bluwa up, by a swell of the river,.tl►e winter before las!. The inhabitants pleaded that they were not liable, but that it ought to be repaired by the Medway Com pany. The following fans were admitted between tho patties :.—That by an Act of Parliament a:Company was created for improvingg the oavigati ,, n of the Med way, !lid that that Cooopany had deepened he river tt tr!e place where the bridge stood, whlch w s !Ns fore th,A time a ford, used by ail' the subjects. The fora being thus destroyed by the Company, in order to pievent an obstruction of passage, they built the bridge in question, and' had repaired it until it was destroyed by the flood. Mr. Serjeant SfIEPIIERL. contended,- that by law the county was otrliged to repair any road ~ r bridge used by the public, although made by a private per son ; and M. Serjeant BEST argued, that in this case the Medway Company alo:le were liable. . . _ His Lord,hii) helJ that the county was liable, and direEted a verclidt of Guilty. Adam Gordon,• a private in the Ist Life Guards, vent, between tour and five o'clock'in the af er noon, to his wife's lodgings, No. 40, Castle-lane, Westminiter. On his entering the room, he feu.sil: her employed, with - a knife in her hand, cutting peppermint sugar -sticks, which she was in the habit of making to sell to the : shops. On seeing hinn, she flew in a passion, and asked him why he had not been 'to see her for some days past, and accused him of going to other women : he denied it, and said, he had been pr:vented, in consequence of bjng ordered to drill. Some further altercation took place, and a scuffle ensued, during which he rc- • ceived a w ound in his left side from the knife in her hand. He.went immediately to the Infirmary, in York•rreet, and had the wound dreqed. Inform • (ion of the event having been sent to do, regiment, a non-commissioned (Miter was dispatched to him, who brought him in a - coach to the barracks, and he was put into the. Hospital. His wife and an in= fain child came with him, who were nut in a sepa- - rate room by themselves. On the following morn ing a Constable was sent for, in order to take the wifte into custody. A deposiion, in writing, was then taken by Adjutant Hubert, of the reorient, in the presence of Mr. Hann, constabl e of Sr. Margaret's iparish, and some non-commissional .Officers and privates of the regiment. In his depo sition lie fully acquitted hii wife of any- wilful in tention of stahbing him. The Adjutant was most minute in writing down every parikular. The un fortunate man lingered till Sunda'y morning, when he died. On the folkwing day, an Inquest. was • held, by Mr. GELL, at the King's Head, when the . Jury, after going to the Regiiiiistnal ,Hospital, and Viewing the body; the Coroner proceeded to cxa- • mine the different witnesses: Alice Rowbotham„ a girl about eleven years of age, whose I,arents lodged in the same house, and who happened to be in the room when .the' de ceased received his wound, gate a most si.liple clear evidence, that the wife had the knife in her hand, employed in - cutting peppermint sticks, and that in the scnflia- which ensiled between them, i 9 consecpience 01 quarrelling, the deceased received the.wound which proved so 'fatal. The Adjutkitir, as well as the other parties, were sworn, as to the deposition taken in wining, wken the whole vi; the evidence was so corroborative and strong, that nut la shadow of doubt wa s left in the mind; o f th e Jury, who instantly returned a verdict of Accidental . E,eath. A man in Cornwall is said to have declared lately, on his de;dh bed, that it was he who murdered Sit John St: Aulayn's tervam,-about 28 years ago.